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She said: “I hope speaking up will help other young people being treated the same way in the future.”

Aishah, from Milngavie, near Glasgow, has submitted pictures to the tribunal service of what she claims are rodents feeding at the store and scars on her body from scabies – a contagious skin condition caused by mites that burrow into the skin.

She claims she caught scabies on two occasions while working at JD Sports’ Hanover Street branch in Edinburgh because stock rooms used by staff were “infested with rats and mice”.

She said: “I had the scars for months. I raised it with my employers but they said there was no way of proving it was from the shop.”

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Other claims by Aishah include being asked to stay at work after fainting at the top of a ladder while working “continuous 12-hour shifts” and frequently having holiday requests refused and overtime unpaid.

In April, she raised a grievance against a store manager, saying she felt “bullied” and requested a move to another branch. It was denied.

Aishah said the lack of support was the “last straw” and she quit.

After leaving, she claims she was offered a job as a sales assistant at JD’s Fort Kinnaird store – another demotion.

She turned it down and has launched legal action in relation to unfair dismissal and age discrimination, claiming she was subjected to “excessive working hours, unreasonable requests, unpaid wages and unpaid annual leave”.

She is seeking £1442 for unfair dismissal, £30,000 for “injury to feelings”, £21,990 of unpaid overtime and £5479 in unused holidays – a total of £59,182.